Nilwan Kabang Explained

Nilwan Kabang
Term Start:	2013
Term End:	2018
1Blankname:	Chief Minister
2Blankname:	Minister
Constituency:	Kunak
Assembly2:	Sabah State Legislative
Majority2:	4,115 (2008) 5,360 (2013)
Term Start2:	8 March 2008
Term End2:	9 May 2018
Predecessor2:	Jasa Rauddah (BN–UMNO)
Successor2:	Norazlinah Arif (WARISAN)
Birth Name:	Nilwan bin Kabang
Birth Date:	6 June 1950
Death Place:	Hospital Gleneagles, Kota Kinabalu
Party:	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Otherparty:	Barisan Nasional (BN)
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Datuk Nilwan bin Kabang is a Malaysian politician. He served as State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kunak from March 2008 to May 2018. He was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN).^[1]

Death

Nilwan Kabang died on 19 September 2021 at the age of 71 due to Covid-19.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Year!
Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N51 Kunak			Nilwan Kabang (UMNO)	5,083	84.00%			Bedu Kudusa (PKR)	968	16.00%	6,283	4,115	64.81%
2013			Nilwan Kabang (UMNO)	6,394	72.57%			Hussein Ibnu Hassan (IND)	1,034	11.74%	9,132	5,360	77.36%
						Kasman Karate (PAS)	1,002	11.37%
						Valentine @ Rengers Sebastian (STAR)	200	2.27%
						Sharif Shamsuddin Sharif Sagaf (IND)	117	1.33%
						Abdul Sattal Shafiee (IND)	64	0.73%
2018			Nilwan Kabang (UMNO)	4,630	44.46%			Norazlinah Arif (WARISAN)	4,898	47.04%	10,413	268	71.76%
						Kasman Karate (PAS)	492	4.72%
		bgcolor=				Sahing Taking (PHRS)	141	1.35%